Milk bottle vending machine



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MILK BOTTLE VENDING MACHINE May 31 1932.

Filed Feb. 5. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I/fKl/T'OR. Roy L. Von/115s.

Patented May 31, 1932 UNITEDLA'STATES PATENT OFFICE ROY L. VORHIES, .0! LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF FIFTY PER GENT TO E. J. WARNER, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA .App1ication filed-February 5, 1927. Serial No. 166,099.

An object of my invention isito provide a milk bottle vendingmachine from which a full bottle of milk cannot beobtained until An advantage of my machine resides in the automatic dispenser :ofslugs or coins when the empty bottles are returned or taken, from the machine. I Y

A further advantage of my machine resides in thefact that an empty bottle must always be inserted intothe machine before a full bottle can be obtained. 1 v i A still further object is to provide a milk bottle vending machine in which all the full bottles of milk cannot be removed from the machine by the use of a single coin.

Other objects, advantages, and features of invention, may appear from the accompanying drawings, the,subjoined,.detailed descrip- I tion, the appended claims, or'in the operation of my machine. I

In the drawings I I I Fig. 1 is afront elevation of myinvention. Fig. 21 is a 'fragmentarysectional view taken on line 2, 2,.Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view of the full bottle compartment. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sideelevation of the slug controlled mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a front view of the same.

F Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6, 6,

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Fig. 7 is a side view of the slug. 7 Referring more particularly to the drawmgz. My invention comprises a cabinet 1 in which are provided a plurality of fullbottle compartments 2, and empty bottle compartments 3. The full bottle compartment will now be described in detail. 7

A drawer 4: is adapted to fit into the front end of thecompartment 2, said drawer being closed at the front end thereof, and opened at the rear. An opening 5 is provided in the top of the drawl, the purpose of which will be further described. A slug controlled lock 6 is secured to the front wall of the drawer 4 and comprises a housing 7 in which abolt 8 is slidably mounted, said bolt being held in raised position by the spring 9 surrounding a depending pin 10. A handle 11 projects through the. front wall of the drawer, and said handle is provided with a lever 12 which projects through a slot 13 in the housing 7. A slug slot 14.- is provided in the housing 7 which slot is alined with anopening 15 in the front wall of the drawer 4, through which the slug 16 is adapted to pass. This slug is preferably formed with transverse slots 17 therein which fit projections 18 in the slot 14:. Thus it will be seen that my slug operated mechanism can only be actuated by a particular type of slug which may be purchased in anticipation of obtaining milk therefor,

When the slug 16 drops through the slot 14 7 it falls upon a ledge 19 formed on the bolt 8 and the slug is now'in position to be acted upon by the, lever 12.. Asthe handle 11 is now rotatedthe bolt 8 will be depressed and a link 20 secured to the pin 10 will be depressed. The link 20 is pivoted at 21, which :pivotal arrangement causes the rear end thereof toraise out ofanotch 22 when the forward end thereof is depressed as previously described. 7 I

The drawer A may now be pulled outwardly and this movement causes the link 20 to move over the inclined surface 23, thus further de-' pressing the forward end thereof and permitting the slug 16 to -dropthrough the slot 24: into a suitablev receptacle. The drawer is .now open and an empty bottleis dropped through the. opening 5. A track 25 is posi tioned on the floor of the compartment 2, said track servingto raise the bottles above the floor and also enables them to slide more readily. An opening 26 is provided at the rear of the compartment 2,:said opening-beingof suflicient size to permit the passage of one bottle. The compartmentis entirelyfilled r 26 to the inclined board 27, so that the bottles.

will readily fall through said opening and on to the incline. A spring actuated trap door 30 is provided over the opening 26 so as to prevent the escape of cold air from the compartment 2 when my vending machine is enclosed by a suitable cooling'arrangement.

To prevent a person from reaching their hand through the opening 5 and thus pushing the bottles in the compartment 2 rearwardly and thence, through the opening 26 to the incline 27 as previously described, I

provide a slidable lock plate 31. This lock. plate extends over the opening 26 and is pro vided with a hole 32'adapted to register with said opening, and a spring 33 normally urges the plate forwardly into a position partia ly covering the opening 26, and when in this position no bottle can drop through said opening. A bar 34 extends forwardly from the plate 31 and is engaged by the rear edge of the drawer 4 when the drawer is in closed and locked position the bar 34 pushes the late 31 rearwardly thus exposing the openin 26. But as soon as the drawer 4 is un- 1 ed and ulled outwardly the spring 33 at once partia ly closes said opening, thus preventing any bottles from falling therethrough until the drawer has again been closed and locked.

To prevent the theft of bottles through the opening 5 when the drawer 4. is opened, I

provide a movable plate 35, which plate is slidably mounted on rails 36, said plate han ing in front of the front full bottle of mi and it will be seen that any attempt to ex-' 'tract this bottle will cause the plate 35 to swing upwardly effectively closing the open- 1n aving described In invention, I claim: 1. A milk bottle ven ing machine comprising a cabinet, a plurality of compartments in said cabinet, drawers closing the forward end of said compartments, said com artments having a bottle outlet at the rear tereof the full bottles in the compartmentsbeing a apted to be actuatedby an empty bottle inserted into said drawer, and means in said compartments whereby the full bottles are prevented from being removed through the drawer.

2. A milk bottle vending machine comprising a cabinet, aplurality of compartments in said cabinet, drawers closing the forward end of said compartments, said compartments having a bottle outlet at the rear thereof, the bottles in the compartments being adapted to be actuated by an empty bottle inserted into said drawer, and a plate slidably mounted in the compartment in front of the foremost bottle whereby-the bottles are prevented from being removed through the drawer. V

3. A milk bottle'vending machine compris ing a cabinet, a plurality of bottle compartments in the cabinet, a drawer in the forward end of said compartments, said drawers having an opening in the top thereof into which a bottle is adapted to be inserted, said compartments having an opening at the rear thereof through which the bottles are vended, said drawer being adapted on the closing thereof to push the rear-most bottle through said opening to vend the same, and a plate slidably mounted in said compartment in front of the foremost bottle whereby removal of the bottle through thedrawer is prevented.

4. A milk bottle vending machine comprising a cabinet, a plurality of bottle compartments in the ca inet, a drawer in the forward end of said compartments, said drawers having an opening in the top thereof into which a bottle is adapted to be inserted, said compartments having an opening at the rear thereof through which the bottles are vended, said drawer being adapted on the closing thereof, to push the rear-most bottle through said 0 ening to vend the same, and a plate slidab y mounted in saidcompartment in front of the foremost bottle whereby removal of the bottle through the drawer is prevented, and a 5 ring actuated door adapted to normally c ose'the opening at the rear of the compartment through which the bottles'are dispensed.

5. A milk bottle vending machine comprising a cabinet, a lurality of bottle compartments in the ca inet, a drawer in the forward end of said compartments said drawers having an openingin the top thereof into which a bottle is adapted to be inserted, said compartments having an opening'at the rear thereof through which the bottles are vended,said drawer being adapted on the closing thereof, to push the rear-most bottle through'said opening to vend the same, and means adapted to coverthe opening at the rear of the compartment when the drawer ispulled outwardly.

6. A milk bottle vending machine comprising a cabinet, a plurality of bottle compartments in the cabinet, a drawer in the forward end of said compartments, said drawers having an o ning in the top thereof into which a bottle 1s adapted to be inserted, said compartments having an opening at the rear thereof through which the bottles are vended, said drawer being adapted on the closing 

